India to host intl workshop on 'Green Customs Initiatives'

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New Delhi, May 25: India will host a five-day international workshop
starting May 25 on 'Green Customs Initiatives' to bring awareness
about environment protection and the role of customs officers in
enforcing environmental laws on the borders.

"The role of customs departments of the international community is
important especially in view of the fact that national and
international crime syndicates are indulging in environmental crimes
for pecuniary gains," an official statement said today.

The National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN), the
training arm of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), will
host the event under the aegis of the World Customs Organisation (WCO)
at NACEN in Faridabad.

The workshop will be attended by participants from 21 countries of the
Central Asia, Asia Pacific and Australasia regions and experts from
the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the WCO and the
secretariats of the Multilateral Environment Agreements to which India
is a party.

'Green Customs Initiatives' has been launched by the secretariats of
the MEAs such as Basel Convention, Rotterdam Convention, Stockholm
Convention, Montreal Protocol, Chemical Weapons Convention and others
in cooperation with UNEP and the WCO.


Bureau Report PTI